The world’s film critics in 2017 rank the 100 greatest movie comedies of all time

They asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries simply this, “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?”

What’d they come up with in 2017?

Of those critics, 86 came from the United States and Canada. They would’ve made Dr. Strangelove tops, and ranked Airplane! higher than the rest of the world’s critics. The Brits preferred Annie Hall. Critics from Australia and New Zealand gave higher marks, relatively, to Buster Keaton’s classic, The General.

What else: The highest-ranked film from the 21st century is Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. And look who sneaks in not once but twice into the 100 slot, but the now late great Jerry Lewis. You can guess the top pick overall by looking at the picture above of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon with Marilyn Monroe, and read why they liked Some Like It Hot.

Here’s the full tally from the 253 film critics polled by BBC Culture.

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